Tag: single window

Turkmenistan is stepping up progress towards accession to the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), with IMO’s support. 

Iraq is embracing the move to digitalize its maritime sector, with plans to establish a maritime single window for the major ports of Um Qasr (North and South). 

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has embarked on a digital transformation journey for a safer, more efficient and sustainable maritime industry. 

IMO's short video animation explaining how the single window concept or ship data exchange has become mandatory since 1 January 2024, marking a significant step in the acceleration of digitalization in shipping.

According to IMO, in just a few weeks' time – from 1 January 2024 – it will be mandatory for ports around the world to operate Maritime Single Windows for the exchange of information required at the point of a ship’s arrival, during its stay and at departure.

International Maritime Organization's FAL 47 Committee (13-17 March 2023) outcomes on Maritime Single Window and Port Community Systems.

At the request of Angola, IMO fielded a mission to Lobito, from 23 to 27 January 2023, to assess progress made in the implementation of the IMO-Singapore "Single Window for Facilitation of Trade (SWiFT) Project".

BIMCO and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) teamed up with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at its headquarters in London to discuss opportunities and hurdles for the Maritime Single Window.

By 1 January 2024, the single window for data exchange is to become mandatory in ports around the world, marking a significant step in the acceleration of digitalisation in shipping, and BIMCO provides FAQs for further clarification.

IMO’s Facilitation Committee has adopted amendments to the Facilitation (FAL) Convention which will make the single window for data exchange mandatory.